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Blaming U.S. and Israel, Iran Reports Killing of Nuclear Scientist

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Alan Cowell, Rick Gladstone - Jan. 11 (News Report) - A bomber on a motorcycle killed a scientist from Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment site and his bodyguard-driver on Wednesday during the morning commute in Tehran, Iranian media reported, in an assassination that could further elevate international tensions over the Iranian nuclear program and stoke the country’s growing anti-Western belligerence.

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Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Greg Miller - Dec. 28 (Special Report) - The Obama administration’s counterterrorism accomplishments are most apparent in what it has been able to dismantle, including CIA prisons and entire tiers of al-Qaeda’s leadership. But what the administration has assembled, hidden from public view, may be equally consequential. In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance of other adversaries. The apparatus involves dozens of secret facilities, including two operational hubs on the East Coast, virtual Air Force cockpits in the Southwest and clandestine bases in at least six countries on two continents. ...

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U.N. Climate Talks End With Deal for New Emissions Treaty

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By John M. Broder - Dec. 11 (News Report) - More than 190 nations agreed to work toward a treaty that would require all countries to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.

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Obama orders U.S. diplomats to increase efforts to fight LGBT discrimination abroad

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Scott Wilson - Dec. 06 (News Report) - President Obama ordered U.S. diplomatic missions and federal agencies working abroad to strengthen efforts to fight international discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals, saying he is “deeply concerned by the violence” against them in many parts of the world.

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South Sudan Accuses Sudan of Bombing Civilian Camp

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Josh Kron - Nov. 10 (Breaking News) - The United States condemned the airstrike by Sudan and what it called other “negative developments” that increase the potential for hostilities between Sudan and South Sudan.

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Awlaki death rekindles legal debate on targeting Americans

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Oct. 01 (News Analysis) - The slaying of two Americans renews questions about whether killing U.S. citizens is legal under rules of war or constitutes an extrajudicial execution in violation of U.S. and international law. The killing of two Americans by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen has reignited a debate about whether targeting U.S. citizens — even terrorists — is legal under the rules of war or constitutes an extrajudicial execution that ignores their rights.

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Candidates in Debate Trip Over Foreign Policy

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Mark Landler, Trip Gabriel - Sep. 23 (Fact Check) - During Thursday night’s Republican debate, Mitt Romney repeated the familiar Republican charge that President Obama has apologized for the United States around the world. It is true that early in his term, Mr. Obama promised to abandon policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush, on issues like the military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and a foreign policy in Iraq and elsewhere that Mr. Obama described as unilateral.

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In Cheney’s memoir, it’s clear Iraq’s lessons didn’t sink in

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Bob Woodward - Sep. 12 (Special Report) - A key lesson of the 9/11 decade for presidents and other national security decision makers is the importance of rigorously testing intelligence evidence: poking holes in it, setting out contradictions, figuring out what may have been overlooked or left out. It is essential to distinguish between hard facts and what is an assessment or judgment.

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U.S. aid implicated in abuses of power in Colombia

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung, Claudia J. Duque - Aug. 20 (News Report) - The Obama administration often cites Colombia’s thriving democracy as proof that U.S. assistance, know-how and commitment can turn around a potentially failed state under terrorist siege. The country’s U.S.-funded counterinsurgency campaign against a Marxist rebel group — and the civilian and military coordination behind it — are viewed as so successful that it has become a model for strategy in Afghanistan. But new revelations in long-running political scandals under former president Alvaro Uribe , a close U.S. ally throughout his eight-year tenure, have implicated American aid, and possibly U.S. officials, in egregious abuses of power and illegal actions by the Colombian government under the guise of fighting terrorism and drug smuggling. ...

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Ex-President Uribe denies ordering Colombia’s intelligence agency to spy on judges, foes

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Washington Post - Aug. 18 (News Report) - More than 20 agents of the DAS intelligence agency have been imprisoned for alleged roles in the spying. Two have pleaded guilty in exchange for reduced sentences.

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Assad Loyalists Storm US Embassy in Syria

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Voice of America - Jul. 11 (News) - Crowds of Syrians loyal to President Bashar al-Assad surged into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus on Monday and caused damage.

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Panetta Says Iranian Arms in Iraq Are a ‘Concern’

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Elisabeth Bumiller - Jul. 10 (News Report) - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said on Sunday that weapons he said were supplied by Iran had become a “tremendous concern” for the United States in recent weeks in Iraq, where more American troops died in June than in any month over the three previous years.

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South Sudan, world's newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Jul. 10 (News) - Africa's longest civil war gives birth to South Sudan, a country about the size of France that has broken away from its bitter antagonist to the north. Heads of state gather for a euphoric celebration in the fledgling capital of Juba, but poverty, corruption and questions about its leadership already plague the new nation.The countdown clock ran out, the flag ascended over the fledgling capital and a new nation born from Africa's longest civil war and the deaths of 2 million people joined the world Saturday.

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Rush for Arctic's resources provokes territorial tussles

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Terry Macalister - Jul. 06 (News Analysis) - US, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway are becoming embroiled in disputes over boundaries on land and at sea Two nations on opposite sides of the Nato military alliance divide – Russia and Norway – have signed a deal over who owns what in the Barents Sea. But there are plenty of other territorial tussles going on – some between good friends. The United States and Canada still disagree on the setting of the boundaries in the Beaufort Sea – an area of intense interest to oil drillers . Similarly, Canada has yet to resolve a dispute with Denmark over the ownership of Hans Island and where the control line should be drawn in the strait between Greenland (whose sovereignty remains with Denmark) and Ellesmere Island. But of even greater significance in a world of melting ice floes is control of the North West Passage . Canada insists that it has sovereignty over the sea route and therefore must be asked about usage. The US sees it as a potential area of open water which gives it automatic ...

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Libya: Clinton urges Gaddafi to go, not issue threats

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jul. 02 (News Report) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should stop issuing threats against Europeans and resign instead, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. "Gaddafi should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power," Mrs Clinton said in Spain. Col Gaddafi threatened on Friday to attack European "homes, offices, families" unless Nato stopped bombing. Nato is enforcing a UN resolution to protect civilians from Gaddafi forces. "The Nato-led mission is on track. The pressure on Gaddafi is mounting and the rebels have been gaining strength and momentum. We need to see this through and we are in complete agreement that we will," Mrs Clinton said in Madrid.

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U.S. shifts to closer contact with Egypt Islamists

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Arshad Mohammed - Jun. 30 (News Report) - The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Thursday, saying it was in Washington's interests to deal with parties committed to non-violent politics.

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Afghan nation-building programs not sustainable, report says

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - Jun. 08 (News Report) - The hugely expensive U.S. attempt at nation-building in Afghanistan has had only limited success and may not survive an American withdrawal, according to the findings of a two-year congressional investigation to be released Wednesday.

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House Speaker John Boehner Throws Down the War Powers Act Gauntlet On Libya

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - Jun. 03 (News) - In the immortal words of the vice president, this could be a big $%^ing deal: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is throwing what one Republican calls “a legal and political hot potato at the President.”

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WikiSecrets

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Martin Smith - May. 24 (Special Report) - It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history -- the leaking of more than a half million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website throughout 2010. At the center of the controversy stands Bradley E. Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who's charged with handing them over. Who is Bradley Manning, and what does his story tell us about how and why the secret cache of documents may have been leaked? In WikiSecrets, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith gains exclusive access to those closest to Manning -- including his father, close friends and his Army bunkmate -- and uncovers video of Manning taken around the time of the alleged handover of classified information.

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U.S. invites Libyan rebel council to open D.C. office

Tue, 24 May 2011 09:02:22 -0700

Washington Post - By Sudarsan Raghavan, Michael Birnbaum - May. 24 (News Report) - A top envoy from the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that Libya’s rebel government would open an office in Washington, the latest indication that the United States views the rebels as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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Obama-Netanyahu: Not everything is personal..

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Jerusalem Post - By Herb Keinon - May. 21 (News Analysis) - Some would chalk up current difficulties in US-Israeli relationship to lack of chemistry or fondness between the two leaders. But they'd be wrong.

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Obama and Netanyahu, Distrustful Allies, to Meet

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Helene Cooper - May. 20 (News) - As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning point in a relationship that has never been warm.

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Barack Obama's Middle East speech – live coverage

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Richard Adams - May. 19 (Breaking News) - Follow live updates as President Obama makes a key speech on the 'Arab spring' and the US's role in the Middle East

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CIA flew stealth drones into Pakistan to monitor bin Laden house

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Greg Miller - May. 18 (News Report) - The CIA employed sophisticated new stealth drone aircraft to fly dozens of secret missions deep into Pakistani airspace and monitor the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, current and former U.S. officials said.

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UK steps up bombing of Gaddafi targets

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Richard Norton-Taylor - May. 17 (News) - Hours after the international criminal court chief prosecutor called for the arrest of Muammar Gaddafi and his closet advisers for mass murder, Britain stepped up its strikes on what military officials described as secret police compounds in Tripoli.

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